Journal
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 41-46Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.20.1.41
Keywords
social support; cancer; breast cancer; women's health; quality of life
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- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [R01CA064710] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NCI NIH HHS [CA-64710] Funding Source: Medline
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Relationships between distress and perceived availability of social support were examined in 51 Hispanic women being treated for early stage breast cancer. Distress and different types (emotional, instrumental) and sources (spouse, women family members, other family members, friends) of support were measured at presurgery, postsurgery, and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups. Emotional support from friends and instrumental support from spouse at presurgery predicted lower distress postsurgery. No other prospective benefits of perceived support emerged. Distress at several time points predicted erosion of subsequent support, particularly instrumental support from women in the family. In contrast to the adverse effects of distress (and independent of them), illness-related disruption of recreational and social activities at 6 months elicited greater support at 12 months.
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